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Making amends : atonement in morality, law, and politics /

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Can wrongs be righted? Or does the impossibility of changing the past mean that we remain permanently guilty? While atonement is usually considered a theological topic, this book uses the resources of secular moral philosophy to explore the possibility of correcting the wrongs we do to one another.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Radzik, Linda, 1970-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Subjects:
Responsibility.
Atonement.
Reparation (Criminal justice)
Restitution.
Reconciliation.
Restorative justice.
Penance.
Restitutio in integrum.
Responsabilité.
Restitution (Droit)
Réconciliation.
Justice réparatrice.
Pénitence.
PHILOSOPHY > Social.
PHILOSOPHY > Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
Restitutio in integrum
Atonement
Penance
Reconciliation
Responsibility
Restitution
Restorative justice
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:Can wrongs be righted? Or does the impossibility of changing the past mean that we remain permanently guilty? While atonement is usually considered a theological topic, this book uses the resources of secular moral philosophy to explore the possibility of correcting the wrongs we do to one another.
Physical Description:1 online resource (viii, 244 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-239) and index.
ISBN:9780199706204
0199706204
9780199871971
0199871973
9780195373660
0195373669